2 v. (in various pagings) : 21 cm. (4to)

A collection of travels and voyages printed in two volumes, each with a collective title page, separate pagination and register

First printed in serial form, London, December 1708 to January 1710 and here reissued

Dedication in v. 1 signed John Stevens, who translated the travels and voyages

Title page of vol. 2 reads: A new collection of voyages and travels, into several parts of the world, none of them ever before printed in English. Vol. II. and has identical imprint as that of vol. 1

Two editions of this collection of travels and voyages exist, one a large paper edition measuring 25 cm. in height and the other a regular paper edition measuring 21 cm. in height. Both are quartos, have the same imprint and collect the identical travels and voyages

"The discovery and conquest of the Molucco and Philippine Islands. Containing, their history, ancient and modern, natural and political: their description, product, religion, government, laws, languages, customs, manners, habits, shape, and inclinations of the natives. With an account of many other adjacent islands, and several remarkable voyages through the Streights of Magellan, and in other parts. Written in Spanish by Bartholomew Leonardo de Argensola, chaplain to the Empress, and rector of Villahermosa. Now translated into English: and illustrated with a map and several cuts", first voyage in vol. 1, has special dated title page, separate pagination, register and imprint reading: London: printed in the year, 1708. Includes errata and index. First printed under title: Conquista de las islas Malucas, Madrid, 1609 and here abridged

"A new voyage to Carolina; containing the exact description and natural history of that country: together with the present state thereof. And a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians. Giving a particular account of their customs, manners, &c. By John Lawson, gent. surveyor-general of North-Carolina", second voyage in vol. 1, has special dated title page, separate pagination, register and imprint reading: London: printed in the year, 1709. Includes bookseller's advertisement. First printed London, 1709

"The seventeen years travels of Peter de Cieza, through the mighty kingdom of Peru, and the large provinces of Cartagena and Popayan in South America: from the city of Panama, on the isthmus, to the frontiers of Chile. Now first translated from the Spanish, and illustrated with a map, and several cuts", third voyage in vol. 1, has has special dated title page, separate pagination, register and imprint reading: London: printed in the year, M DCC IX [1709]. Includes a table of contents and an index. First printed under title: Chronica del Peru, Seville, 1553

"The travels of the Jesuits in Ethiopia: containing I. the geographical description of all the kingdoms, and provinces of that empire; the natural and political history; the manners, customs, and religion of those people, &c. II. Travels in Arabia Faelix, wherein many things of that country, not mention'd in other books of this nature, are treated of, as a particular description of Aden, Moca, and several other places. III. An account of the kingdoms of Cambate, Gingiro, Alaba, and Dancali, beyond Ethiopia in Africk, never travelled into by any but the Jesuits, and consequently wholly unknown to us. Illustrated with an exact map of the country, delineated by those fathers, as is the draught of the true springs and course of the Nile, within Ethiopia, besides other useful cuts", first voyage in vol. 2, has special dated title page, separate pagination, register and imprint reading: London: Printed for J. Knapton, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; A. Bell, in Cornhill; D. Midwinter, in St. Paul's Church-Yard; W. Taylor, in Pater-Noster-Row; and sold by J. Round, in Exchange-Alley in Cornhill; N. Cliffe, in Cheapside; E. Sanger, at the Posthouse, and A. Collins, at the Black-Boy, in Fleet-Street; and J. Baker, in Pater-Noster-Row, 1710. Includes a table of contents and an index. This work has been attributed to Manuel de Almeida, using reports from Balthazar Telles, and was first printed under title: Historia geral de Ethiopia a alta, ou Preste Ioam e do que nella obraram os padres da Companhia de Iesus, Coimbra, 1660

"The travels of the Sieur Mouette, in the kingdoms of Fez and Morocco during his eleven years captivity in those parts", second voyage in vol. 2, has separate caption title, pagination, and register. Includes a table of contents and an index. First printed under title: Relation de la captivité de sieur Mouette dans les royaumes de Fez et Maroc, Paris, 1683

The travels of Peter Teixeira from India to Italy by land", third voyage in vol. 2, has separate caption title, pagination, and register. Includes a table of contents and an index. This work is a translation from the last part of: Relaciones de Pedro Teixeira, Antwerp, 1610

"A voyage to Madagascar, the adjacent islands, and coast of Africk. By Francis Cauche, of Roan", fourth voyage in vol. 2, has separate caption title, pagination, and register. Includes an index. First printed under title: Relation du voyage fait a Madagascar, which appeared in Relations veritables et curieuses de l'isle de Madagascar et du Bresil / by Claude Morisot, first printed Paris, 1651

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